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Surgery Resident at @AUBMC_official | Aspiring Heart Surgeon | Avid Reader and Learner | Views are my own
Jan 11, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
Damage has been done, next.
Imagine this:
Assembling micro teams of medical professionals, distributed geographically over the country per convenience, and training them to provide local triage of COVID patients within neighborhoods to accurately identify severe cases.
⤵️ Benefits:
- shift triage of mild to moderate cases from those requiring hospitalisation from ERs to homes/local neighborhood points
- Decongest ERs
- Decrease preventable chain of exposures from mild cases
- Diffuse HCW fatigue at congested ERs
Oct 26, 2020 14 tweets 3 min read
"It is not only possible to get COVID-19 twice, but the second time can be worse"

A thread about COVID reinfection and immunity. Questions that surface frequently, if I get COVID-19 once, can I get it again? Will my second infection be milder or worse? How is my immune system reacting in all these scenarios?
Aug 21, 2020 10 tweets 5 min read
Curation of Beirut Explosion stories that will forever remain imprinted in our hearts and minds.

I will keep adding to it because we should not and will not forget.

#BeirutExplosion
#Beirut Pamela, young nurse carried 3 newborns for 5 km out of a completely damaged hospital to save their lives.
Aug 6, 2020 14 tweets 5 min read
I leave the hospital now after more than 52 hours of nonstop work, minimal sleep, minimal food and a rage of emotions. The event was tragic. There are no words that truly describe the horrific scene, but what we were going through can't be left untold.
@AUBMC_Official It only took 10 minutes of watchful silence after the blast before the doors of hell opened. The emergency department was dark, ceiling down in many corners and all we were surrounded with were screams, blood and open wounds.
#Beirut_Explosion